Since Sunday, Shluchim and Anash in and around Miami have taken to the streets to have fellow Jews put on Tefilin for the sake of Israel’s security, as part of the ‘Tefilin 4 Israel’ campaign. The campaign has since spread to other parts of the country and the globe.
Visiting Rome for the wedding of a nephew, Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz – who are Shluchim in Kathmandu, Nepal – toured the ancient ruins of the city on Friday afternoon when a man dressed as a roman called out to them and asked if they had Tefillin.
A mitzvah tank dedicated to the memory of Gedalya Greenzayd, OBM has embarked on a journey across the east coast. Gedalia, originally from Ukraine, was tragically killed when he was run over by a DOS truck on Kingston Ave. this past winter.
At yesterday’s Israel Day Parade on Manhattan’s 5th Avenue, dozens of young Chabad volunteers gave thousands of revelers the opportunity to put on Tefilin, receive Shabbos candles and sign up for JNet, among other forms of outreach.
Project Ignite is a project of Merkos suite 302 that promises to empower community members to become Shluchim in their own right.
While appearing on Conan O’Brien‘s late night show, actress Lisa Kudro – who is Jewish – explains why Conan shouldn’t be offended that he wasn’t invited to her son’s Bar Mitzvah. “He was just having a nice time at the mall when suddenly, out of nowhere, he became a man,” thanks to a Lubavitcher Bochur doing Mivtzoim.
The Released Time program is gearing up in a very big way for this year’s great parade. Hundreds of Jewish public school children and their Released Time teachers are in high-gear and driven to really make this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade an unforgettable one, as it’ll be the last time Lag Ba’omer coincides with a Sunday in four years.
In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, the Rebbe’s birthday, nine Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of the Greater Toronto Area, bringing awareness of Pesach to thousands of Jews.
A grand Mitzvah Tank Parade was organized in Melbourne, Australia this past Thursday, celebrating the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday, the 11th of Nissan.
Five Mitzvah Tanks paraded through the streets of Montreal in honor of Yud Alef Nissan, marking the Rebbe’s 112th birthday.
Simon Gronowski was 11 years old when his mother pushed him off a train transport to Auschwitz, saving his life. His mother and sister were gassed upon arriving in Auschwitz, and his father, he says, died of a broken heart in 1945.
In the weeks leading up to Purim, the students of the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand devoted much of their free time to preparing thousands of Mishloach Manos packages for distribution within the community.
In honor of Chof Zayin Adar Aleph, the day the Rebbe suffered a stroke in 1992, Merkos installed a video screen in the Kehot display case near the main entrance of 770 showing footage of the last time the Rebbe handed out dollars – which was the day before, on 26 Adar Aleph.
Following a spiritually uplifting Shabbos, 1000 Cteen’ers hopped on the subway and traveled to Times Square for a Havdalah ceremony and concert with superstar Alex Clare, all broadcasted on the American Eagle jumbotron and capped off with a video of the Rebbe. The result was a Kiddush Hashem of immense proportions.
1,000 Jewish teens from 104 cities around the world converged in Crown Heights last night for the start of the annual CTeen Shabbaton.
This week, the Jewish Released Time program under the auspices of the NCFJE, arranged a mid-winter camp for public school children during their winter vacation and over 40 children attended the camp.
Rabbi Moshe Klein of Crown Heights travels every Thursday to an old-age home to help the Jewish residents put on Tefilin. One elderly Jew from the former Soviet Union would always refuse week after week, saying he never did it before and didn’t want to begin now.
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